Eavesdropping Attack
EC-Council CCT Simulation Series
Mission Scenario
"Thomas, an employee of an organization, is restricted from accessing certain websites. He attempts to obtain admin credentials by secretly monitoring communication between the administrator and an application server."
Network Sniffing Console
[INIT] Attacker Interface Loaded...
[INIT] Promiscuous mode enabled on eth0...
[IDLE] Awaiting traffic stream_
Cleartext Intercepted
Admin → AppServer (HTTP)
POST /login.php HTTP/1.1
Username: admin
Password: admin123
Sensitive data captured from network traffic
FORENSIC ANALYSIS
Identify the specific type of attack performed by Thomas.
A
Vishing
B
Eavesdropping
C
Phishing
D
Dumpster diving